Thanks, Vimal, Arvind. I am just waiting for Shreyas and Hayath to get home and start posting the details. Shreyas will be back home tonight and Hayath will be back by Wednesday, I guess. Hayath's pictures are amazing as usual and he was the only one photographing the meet. As you all know, his travelogue is a pleasure to read.

Wished you could have made it too, Vyas.
Yes, Sujoy. This is the Athirapally waterfalls on the Chalakkudi river. We did all the collection from below the falls only. Most of the region above the falls would fall in the Vazhachal reserve forest area. The first thing to come into our nets was this.

Any ID?

Channa cf. punctata

Tire-track spiny Eel - Mastacembelus armatus
We got plenty of small eels which we decided to leave in the river.

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Were you able to collect any Travancoria cf. jonesi or any garra ( garra surendranathanni ? ) or any barilius bakeri or bendelisis, devario, any barbs ( Puntius sp.) or some Mesonemacheilus sp. (loaches) etc

This post takes me back several years (1992 to be precise), on our families maiden trip to Chalakudy,
where we stayed in one of our ancestral home very close to one of India's most majestic waterfall - Athirappalli
- also called as India's Niagara. The river that flows through Chalakudy is also known as Vazhachal.

I have a powerpoint on the same which is simply 'breathtaking'
Those interested could email me, and I would be only too happy to share the same.

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